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Fall 2024

GERMAN

GETR/HIEU 3390: Nazi Germany

Manuela Achilles | MW 11–11:50 AM | Gibson Hall 211 | Seminar (3) 

Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich.

GETR/HIEU 3462: Neighbors and Enemies

Manuela Achilles | MW 2–3:15 PM | John W. Warner Hall 115 | Lecture (3) 

Explores the friend/foe nexus in German history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.

GETR 3470: Writing and Screening the Holocaust

Jeffrey Grossman | T 5–7:30 PM | New Cabell Hall 338 | Lecture (3) 

Introduces the most significant texts and films dealing with the Holocaust and surveys important philosophical and historical reflections on the meaning of the Holocaust.

HEBREW

HEBR 1010: Introduction to Modern Hebrew I

Zvi Gilboa | MTWRF 10-10:50 AM | New Cabell Hall 411 | Lecture (4)

HEBR/RELJ 1410: Elementary Biblical Hebrew I

Gregory Goering | MWF 10-10:50 AM | New Cabell Hall 411 | Lecture (3)

HEBR 2010: Intermediate Modern Hebrew

Zvi Gilboa | R 5-5:50 PM TR 3:30–4:45 PM | TBA | Lecture (4)

HEBR 3010: Advanced Modern Hebrew I

Zvi Gilboa | TR 3:30-4:45 PM | New Cabell Hall 036 | Lecture (3)

HISTORY

HIME 2002: The Making of the Modern Middle East

Musa Azimli and Caroline Kahlenberg | TR 11–12:15 | Gibson Hall 211 | Lecture (3)

What historical processes that have shaped the Middle East of today? This course focuses on the history of a region stretching from Morocco in the West and Afghanistan in the East over the period of roughly 1500 to the present. In doing so, we examine political, social, and cultural history through the lens of "media" in translation, such as manuscripts, memoirs, maps, travel narratives, novels, films, music, internet media, and more.

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

MEST 2559: Arabness & Otherness: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sophia Solomon | TR 3:30–4:45 PM | New Cabell Hall 383 | Lecture (3)

MEST 3240: Israel/Palestine Through Literature and Film

Caroline Kahlenberg | W 3:30–6 PM | Pavilion VIII 102 | Lecture (3)

POLITICS

PLCP 3500: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sophia Solomon | M 3:30–6 PM | Nau Hall 032 | Lecture (3)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

RELJ 3052: Responses to the Holocaust

Jennifer Geddes | W 3:30–6 PM | New Cabell Hall 485 | Seminar (3)

RELJ 3170: Modern Jewish Thought

Asher Biemann | TR 2 - 3:15 PM | Nau Hall 141 | Lecture (3)

RELJ 3559: Jews, Race, and Religion

Sam Shuman | TR 12:30–1:45 PM | New Cabell Hall 241 | Seminar (3)

RELJ 5105: Religion and Culture of the Rabbis

Elizabeth Alexander | W 3:30–6 PM | Nau Hall 242 | Seminar (3)